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Support Scientist for Sentinel 2 Mission
2019-10-09 13:14:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
As project manager in charge of the design, integration and operation of innovative highperformance systems, CS works in the fields of defense and security, space, aeronautics, energy and industry, in France and internationally. CS is a trusted partner this is acknowledged by its key clients thanks to its capacity for innovation, its expertise, its commitment, and the quality service CS provide. The scientist support for Sentinel2 mission for the data quality validation is located in Frascati ITA, near the headquarters for ESAs Earth Observation activities. Sentinel2 is an Earth observation mission developed by the ESA as part of the Copernicus Programme to perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring activities, land cover changes detection, water quality assessment, and natural disaster management. You will be in charge of the scientific support for sentinel 2 image quality validation and application studies. You will be a scientific support for sentinel 2 image and application studies. You will be in charge of o Managing projects and studies, o Testing prototypes developed during studies, o Milestones and deliveries checks, o Organization of the Progress Reviews, o Reporting to ESA S2 data quality manager. You have Good Knowledge in optical radiometry Some Knowledge in image geometry Experience in coordination and reporting Knowledge of Python, IDL or MATLAB Knowledge of Earth Observation Mission You have a good inter personal skills and team spirit. You are dynamic, fast learner and autonomous.
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Instrument Operations Scientist Support to XMMNEWTON Operations
2018-08-17 14:28:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for an Instrument Operations and Calibration Scientist, to support the operations of the Optical and UV Monitor instrument OM on board XMMNewton. Package description Full details on application. Relocation assistance provided if applicable. Main responsibilities The OM Instrument Operations and Calibration Scientist works within the Science Operations Centre SOC with responsibilities that may include Acting as interface between the SGS and a certain number of PI Teams, in particular the Optical Monitor OM Team which may require deep knowledge about specific instrument functionality, performance and operations Coordinating of the calibration efforts by the OM ESA IDT and the instrument principal investigator team, the latter being spread across different institutes and universities across Europe Understand the functionality of the OM instrument data to be archived and support the definition of the instruments Archive data products in coordination with the Archive Scientist and in the data pipeline development Organise and maintain uptodate all information concerning the instrument which is deemed necessary for future knowledge preservation Contribute to the SGS preparation activities including definition of operations plans procedures and preparation of training activities Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Additionally, the Key Person will be in charge of the following Cooperate with other projects on operational matters e.g. promote the exchange of information with missions where appropriate Calibration of the scientific instruments onboard XMMNewton EPIC, RGS and in particular OM Preparation of instrument calibration activities and analysis of calibration data Preparation and maintenance of Routine Calibration Plan Absolute calibration of the OM instrument Implementation of calibration results into the XMMNewton Current Calibration Files, following the verification of the calibration scientific quality, as well as of standard canned redistribution matrix files for XMMNewton users Contribution to archive release testing or related activities. Ideal candidate The candidate should have a Science PhD or Masters Degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies and at least 4 years of experience with tasks similar to the ones described above. Additionally, the Key Person should have proved experience in large collaborative projects in an international environment. The candidate must have deep knowledge of astronomical tools and data analysis software. Knowledge of the XMMNewton project and experience in SAS are an important asset. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.
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Operations Support Scientist
2018-08-15 17:27:56| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 35 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Operations Support Scientist to support our customer in Spain. Operations Support Scientist Key Tasks and Responsibilities The Operations Support Scientist works within the XMMNewton Team at ESAESAC with responsibilities that will include Participation to the systematic processing of all scientific mission data as they become available Provision of scientific requirements of the pipeline products Participation in the production and regular updating of the XMMNewton source catalogues Contribute to instrument calibration or scientific performance monitoring within team activities Possibly, development of new algorithms or shared scripts for scientific analysis. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience PhD in astronomy, astrophysics or similar Expertise in astronomical observations, preferably Xray astronomy, to understand the needs and requirements of the XMMNewton community for the planning and implementation of requested observations and to competently deal with community questions on these observations Command of commonly used generic analysis software, like IDL, or Python, and of Xray astronomical data analysis software in particular, with preference to the XMMNewton SAS, FTOOLs and XSPEC or similar, in order to competently interact with and support the community in their use of XMMNewton data Understanding of the tasks in scientific operations support for an international space or ground based observatory. Knowledge of the specifics of astronomical Xray detectors, preferably those of XMMNewton Ability to interact with and provide support to users from a worldwide community and crossing multiple disciplines Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in Madrid. We welcome applicants who are available from November 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Elisa Manfreda at jobshespace.com, quoting job NLHP3888 before 15Sep18. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you! Apply for this job
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Support Scientist for Sentinel 2 Mission
2018-07-03 16:28:05| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
CS est un acteur majeur de la conception, de lintgration et de lexploitation de systmes critiques. You will work in Frascati ITA in order to support Sentinel2 mission data quality. Sentinel2 is an Earth observation mission developed by European Space Agency as part of the Copernicus Programme to perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring activities, land cover changes detection, water quality assessment, and natural disaster management. You will be a scientific support for sentinel 2 image and application studies. You will be in charge of o Managing projects and studies, o Testing prototypes developed during studies, o Milestones and deliveries checks, o Organization of the Progress Reviews, o Reporting to ESA S2 data quality manager. You have Good Knowledge in optical radiometry Some Knowledge in image geometry Good Knowledge of Microsoft Office Knowledge of Python, IDL or MATLAB Knowledge of Earth Observation Mission from space Sentinel 2 mission is a plus You have a good inter personal skills and team spirit. You are dynamic, fast learner and autonomous.
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Scientist Support
2015-08-05 18:10:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities Duties Tasks The activities for this Consultancy will include scientific and engineering aspects related to the scientific support to both SLSTR Levell Radiance and Brightness Temperature products and Level2 Sea Surface Temperature products. This will include contributions to the scientific development, maintenance, processors, calibration, validation, verification, routine monitoring and offline analysis of Levell and Level2 SLSTR marine data products in support of the Copernicus Sentinel3 marine mission. The requested support is for the Sentinel3 SLSTR optical mission product chains, but aligning with the other marine activities relating to the mandatory missions. Remotely sensed marine data also originates from the current and future EUMETSA T mandatory satellite programs EPS, EPSSG, MSG, MTG. Several marine products are currently already in operations or are in development from sensors such as A VHRR and IASI on Metop and SEVIRI on MSG and may contribute to the Copernicus services. Such data may be needed to support the validation of Sentinel3 SLSTR data, through continuous intercomparison of collocated products. The consultant will work in a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support to the Copernicus Sentinel3 Operations Team and will be a member of the oceanography team of experts and scientists of the RSPMAsection of the Technical and Science Support Department. The consultant will work at EUMETSA T Headquarters, located in Darmstadt, Germany. The tasks and responsibilities will include Support to the verification and validation oflevel2 products Support to verification and calibration activities for level1 products Support to the development of new tools for calibration andor validation as well as utilisation of existing tools Support to the development of new tools for product processing monitoring as well as utilisation of existing tools Investigation of anomalies and issues related to Level 1 and Level 2 product quality Support to the setup and operation of product quality monitoring and reporting tools Contribution to the analysis, assessment and maintenance of L 1L2 marine satellite data processors and algorithms Contribution to scientific development of algorithms to support CaiN al activities Contribution to the execution of scientific support studies. The support will involve crossdivisional interactions and interface with experts in various disciplines system engineering, instruments, operations, science, as well as CalNal experts outside of EUMETSAT. Scientific support and software engineering consultancy will be sought mainly in the areas of optical imaging for oceanography products, in particular for marine I sea surface temperature products. Qualifications University degree in remote sensing, oceanography, meteorology, physics, or equivalent Required knowledge Good interpersonal skills in support of team work A 5 year or longer experience with satellite Sea Surface Temperature andor visible and infrared data sets Knowledge of the precursor mission to Sentinel3 SLSTR Handson experience with the calibration and validation of remote sensing products Hands on experience with the development of calibration andor product validation methods Experience with operational satellite data processing Very good 5 years or longer scientific programming language skills including C, IDLIPVWave, ENVI or equivalent and optionally Fortran, Python Skills in writing technical and scientific documents Familiarity with Microsoft Office. Desirable Knowledge The following experience would be highly desirable Experience in the development and validation of satellite data processing Experience with large data sets Handson experience with the development of calibration andor product validation methods. Fluency in English is mandatory as this is the working language at EUMETSAT. The consultant must be able to work effectively in this language WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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